--targets should allow specifying build options more flexibly and intelligently

[grempe]

It would be nice to be able to specify that you want all targets built that your current system is capable of building.

[phoikoi]

I'm not sure that would be as useful as it might seem at first glance... would that include every possible version of node as well, for all platforms, on every architecture? Perhaps something like node7-[mac,linux]-* could be used, and only compatible architectures would be built (such as only x64 for macos, but x86, x64, armv6, armv7 for linux). Just a thought.

[grempe]

Yes, I agree that the style @phoikoi proposed is likely a better idea. 👍 I'll rename this issue.

[igorklopov]

Does specifying -t node7-macos-x64,node7-linux-x64 solve you problem? I see no difference, except no need to implement and maintain [] and * parser 🙂

[grempe]

Yes, just not as concisely. I guess the ideal is to be able to use a wildcard for any portion of the node-platform-arch settings and have the system just be able to calculate which are possible to build on the current host that meet those criteria. And only attempt to build those.

[igorklopov]

#145
--no-bytecode adds an ability to create binaries for ANY target from ANY host. So, lets keep targets list explicit.